Murray-Darling GM pours cold water on piping plan

The general manager of the Murray-Darling Association says piping water from north Western Australia to the River Murray is not realistic.

The Member for Frome, in the state's mid-north, Geoff Brock, says up to 8,000 gigalitres of water could be piped into the system annually from the Kimberleys.

But the association's Ray Najar says it is an idea that has been considered by engineers and economists many times before.

"Technically it's feasible, economically it's very, very expensive and if we're going to spend that kind of money we can do just as well by putting more emphasis on upgrading the infrastructure on our current system so that we don't incur these losses that are currently in the system," he said.

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